Clothes-line support.



Nu. 643,|60. Patented Feb. l3, I900.

W. B. ROBINSON.

CLOTHES LINE SUPPBRT.

(Application filed Aug. 31, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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CLOTHES-=LINE SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 643,160, dated February 13, 1900. Application filedAugust 31, 1899. Serial No. 729,051. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BUTLER R012- INSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes- Line Supports, of which the followingisafull and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. i

This invention relates to clothes-line supports, and has more particular relation to a device of this class which may be pivoted within a window-frame or in connection with any suitable support where it may be normally retained in depressed position and may be swung into operative horizontal or projected position when desired.

My invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, and in which is shown a clothes-line support constructed according to myinvention and pivotally mounted in connection with the wall of a building and within the window-opening in said wall, as shown in the drawing.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, I have shown at a an inner view of a portion of the wall of a window-opening composed of brick, wood, or other ordinary material, and connected therewith is a supporting-plate b, in which is fixed a stub-shaft c, and pivotally mounted upon said stub-shaft is a supporting-arm cl. The supporting-arm d is pivoted adjacent the inner end portion, which is curved beyond the pivotal point, as ate.

. Journaled upon the stub-shaft c, exterior of the arm cl, is a pulley f, and journaled upon a stub-shaft g, projecting from the end 7 of the curved end portion 6 of the arm d, is

a pulley h. The outer end portion of the arm d is inwardly deflected, as at j, and between said defiected outer end and the arm d proper is supported a short shaft 70, upon which is journaled a pulley Z.

The clothes-line m is passed" about all the pulleys named, passing above the pulley h, about the pulley Z, and above the pulley f, and if the said clothes-line be continuous or of sufficient length clothes may be secured thereto and the clothes-line operated about said pulleys to advance said clothes toward the outer end of the arm (Z and to withdraw them from such position. In this operation the clothes are connected with the lower strand of the line m, and the upper strand of the latter is grasped above the pulley f and moved inwardly to draw the clothes out from the building, and the lower strand is drawn inwardly to draw the clothes in toward the building. This manipulation of the clotheslines is expedited by the upwardly-curved portion 6 of the arm d, the pulley h holding the line m clear of the pulley f. The holding or supporting strand of the line is supported by the pulleys l and f, and the upper strand is supported by the pulleys Z and h. Thus despite the weight of the load upon the lower strand the upper strand is always within reach for manipulating the line.

In the drawing the arm (1 is shown extended horizontally or at right angles to the face it of the building, having the window-opening ct, and this position is the operative position of the device. The arm 01 is retained in this horizontal position by any desired meansas, for instance, by properly securing the line m within the window-opening or inside the window.

A stop 0 is arranged adjacent the plate I) and serves to prevent extreme upward movement of the arm 61. A stop or catch 19 is arranged at a predetermined point beneath the plate 6, and the arm cl, when not in use, may

be swung downwardly and secured to the catch p in inoperative position.

It is evident that manychanges may be made in the construction and arrangement of the clothes-line support described without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- The herein-described clothes-line support, comprising a single arm which is pivotally mounted adjacent one end, which end is curved upwardly and provided with a pulley, said arm being also providedat its outer end with a pulley and intermediate of said ends with a pulley, the relative construction and arrangement being such that a line passed above said pulley connected with said curved end about said pulley connected with the other end, and thence above said intermemy invention I have signed my nanie, in presdiate pulley will form when tautened an upence of the subscribing witnesses, this 1st day per and a lower strand, the upper of which of August, 1899.

may readily be manipulated to operate the WILLIAM BUTLER ROBINSON. 5 lower of which, substantially as shown and Witnesses:

described. HENRY BERRY PoYsoN,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as EDWARD PAUL SOHELL. 

